Hymn for Grace and Healing

Lord, she said you speak to her all the time through Your Word.  She has been moved to shout in church--something she has never done.  Lord, she has faith in Your healing power, as she requested prayer for her Parkinson's.  You are clearly working in her life.  Now, Lord, I share this hymn from The Hymnal of the Prostestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America: 1940, p. 517 by Edward Hayes Plumptre, for grace in our hearts toward You and in hope for her healing in Jesus' name:

Thine arm, O Lord, in days of old
Was strong to heal and save;
It triumphed o'er disease and death,
O'er darkness and the grave.
To thee they went, the blind, the dumb,
The palsied, and the lame,
The leper with his tainted life,
The sick with fever'd frame.

And lo! thy touch brought life and health,
Gave speech, and strength, and sight;
And youth renewed and frenzy calm'd
Own'd thee, the Lord of light:
And now, O Lord, be near to bless,
Almighty as of yore,
In crowded street, [in laundromat,]
by restless couch,
As by Gennesaret's shore.

Be thou our great deliv'rer still,
Thou Lord of life and death;
Restore and quicken, soothe and bless,
With thine almighty breath;
To hands that work and eyes that see,
Give wisdom's heav'nly lore,
That whole and sick, and weak and strong,
May praise thee ever-more.  Amen.

God Sent His Light and Truth

After a period of silence, God has spoken to me through the Words of Psalms 43:3--

"O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill and to thy tabernacle."

These Words were actually fulfilled in my life last week.  Let me share with you how--God sent His Light and Truth through two Episcopal Church members I met last week.  God's Truth came through the Words of John 8:1-12 mentioned during our conversation.  The leading came through an invitation to church.  The church was on a hill surrounded by trees.  The service was a blessing for my spouse, Gary, and me.  Amen!

By the way, we are back home in Tennessee!